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To: CholeraJoe

Is Prolene absorbable? I wasn’t even going medical. A for you!


15 posted on 11/01/2007 5:49:29 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

I can tell you’re not an OR nurse. Prolene is the blue suture that’s not absorbable. We used to use it to close thoracotomies.


38 posted on 11/01/2007 6:35:41 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Gunners til I die!")
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